Transcription of Personal Care Attendant Competency Development Guide
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Personal CARE Attendant Competency Development GUIDEP ersonal Care Attendant Competency Development Guide2 Introduction and OverviewA highly competent Personal care Attendant workforce is critical to the well-being and safety of individuals who need support while living in residential care and community-based settings. Personal care attendants include frontline workers who help older adults or people with disabilities in a variety of settings. Personal care attendants require a significant amount of focused training, retraining, mentoring and coaching to gain the skills needed to care for an aging population with complicated health and social care needs. The LeadingAge Workforce Cabinet has been working since April 2012 to develop tools that providers of long-term services and supports (LTSS) can use to develop and strengthen the aging services workforce across the full continuum of staff and settings.
networks. • Understands the boundaries of his/her job description and scope of practice. Safety and Emergency • Ensures that the environment promotes personal safety for individuals. • Adheres to procedures necessary to maintain a safe environment and minimize ... Advocacy Communication. and
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